On Mar 29, 2006, at 8:55 PM, Chandan Haldar wrote:

> Anyone care to share any experiences with castor oil based biodiesel
> brewing using small-scale plants?  I am told that castor oil dissolves
> in alcohols and external heating is eliminated from the process.


That's one oil I've never tried, but if it's true that it's soluble  
in the alcohol,
the ester is probably also, which would make it difficult to get  
separation
of a glycerine phase. Try it and let us know!


-K

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